The Freedom Party has sought to join the rising tide of hard-right movements across Europe by tapping into voter anger over immigration, inflation and the European Union’s influence.

The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.

Austria's three main centrist parties in parliament reached a deal to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party that won the last parliamentary election five months ago. In a deal that should bring to a close Austria's longest wait for a new government since World War Two,